Effects of day length on flowering and yield production of Salicornia and Sarcocornia species

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 510-516

  Ventura, Yvonne ^a   Wuddineh, Wegi A ^a   Shpigel, Muki ^b   Samocha, Tzachi M ^c   Klim, Brandon C ^c   Cohen, Shabtai ^d   Shemer, Zion ^d   Santos, Rui ^e   Sagi, Moshe ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ramat Negev Desert Agro Res Center   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomass yield; Halophytes; Repetitive harvest regime; Seawater irrigation; Vegetable crops

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; DAY LENGTH; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLOWERING; HALOPHYTE; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION; KNOWLEDGE; LATITUDE; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MANGROVE; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEED;

SALICORNIA; SARCOCORNIA;

EID: 80052931341     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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